BILL NUMBER: SCR 99	CHAPTERED  09/20/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   160
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 20, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Brulte

                        AUGUST 23, 2000

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 99--Relative to the Sonny Bono
Memorial Interchange.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 99, Brulte.  Sonny Bono Memorial Interchange.
   This measure would designate the Nason Street Interchange as the
Sonny Bono Memorial Interchange in honor and recognition of Sonny
Bono.  The measure also would request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.




   WHEREAS, The life of Sonny Bono exemplifies the opportunities
offered to everyone in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Sonny Bono left his boyhood home in Detroit, Michigan for
Hollywood, California at a young age to become a star in show
business; and
   WHEREAS, His quest led him to a laborer's job as a meat truck
driver and deliveryman and then in promotions for a record company;
and
   WHEREAS, Sonny Bono parlayed those jobs into an opportunity to
showcase his ability as a showman and entertainer; and
   WHEREAS, Those talents eventually led to a career of fame as a
recording and television star, enabling him to touch the hearts of
millions of people throughout the world; and
   WHEREAS, Sonny Bono pursued another dream as a restaurant owner in
Palm Springs; and
   WHEREAS, His concern on behalf of his community as a businessman
led him to public service eventually leading to his election as Mayor
of Palm Springs in 1988; and
   WHEREAS, As Mayor of Palm Springs, Sonny Bono energized the city
and enabled the community to enhance its national and international
prominence as a leader in business and tourism; and
   WHEREAS, Sonny Bono's public service career eventually led him to
the halls of the Congress of the United States in 1994 as the
Representative from the Coachella Valley and Western Riverside County
areas of southern California; and
   WHEREAS, Sonny Bono's leadership ability as a Congressman
benefited the Coachella Valley, Western Riverside County, and much of
the Inland Empire; and
   WHEREAS, Sonny Bono's achievements as a Congressman brought needed
national attention to the environmental needs of the Salton Sea; and

   WHEREAS, Sonny Bono tirelessly worked on behalf of his
constituents bringing the needed federal funding for transportation
and infrastructure projects for the Coachella Valley; and
   WHEREAS, His efforts to improve transportation led to funding for
significant highway improvements throughout the Coachella Valley and
Riverside County; and
   WHEREAS, Although Sonny Bono's career and life were tragically cut
short by an accident, the memories of his leadership and values
continue to positively shape progress throughout California; and
   WHEREAS, It is fitting that the Legislature of the State of
California honors the memory of Congressman Sonny Bono, and conveys
the Legislature's appreciation for the Congressman's legacy and life
of public service on behalf of California; and
   WHEREAS, It would be a fitting tribute to Sonny Bono to name the
Nason Street Interchange on State Highway Route 60 in the City of
Moreno Valley as the Sonny Bono Memorial Interchange; now, therefore,
be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the Nason
Street Interchange on State Highway Route 60 in the City of Moreno
Valley the Sonny Bono Memorial Interchange in honor and recognition
of Sonny Bono; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is hereby
requested to determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway
system, showing this special designation and, upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those
plaques and markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for
distribution.
